Improvement in corn-huskers



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c. A. LANG. Corn-Huskers.

NO. 139,586, Paltentedjune,18'73.`

CHARLES A. LANG, OF PALMYRA, MAINE.

'lMPRovEMENT IN .coRN-HusKERs'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,586, dated J une 3,1873 application filed February 15, 1673.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known, that I, CHARLES A. LANG, of

` Palmyra, in the county of bomerset, and State husking machine; Fig. 2is a horizontal section;

ig. 3 is an end view.

My invention relates to certain improvements 1n corn-husking machines;and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts,as hereinafter particularly described and set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the ear-holder, which consists of atapering recess formed by bending a strip of sheet metal midway of itslength and attaching the ends to the front bar of the frame-work of themachine. B B represent a pair of arms pivoted to a horizontal shaft, D,journaled in the side rails of the frame-work. Each arm carries on itsfront end a double-bladed knife, C, or a knife, the cutting edges ofwhich resemble two chisels placed side by side with a narrow intervalbetween them. Attached rigidly to the shaft D, midway between the arms BB, is a bar, E, which terminates immediately in rear of the knives C,and is attached to a transverse bar e, which has a fork at each end, inwhich the arms B B play laterally. Flat springs j' f are attached to thebar E so that their free ends bear against the rear portions of theinner sides of the arms B B and tend to keep the knives C C closedtogether. Attached to the bar e, and extending downward, is a threesidedbox or casing, y. J J represent two semicircular metallic bars, havingtheir ends attached to the side rails of the frame-work. At the frontportion of the frame-work the distance between these bars is sufficientto allow the ends ofthe arms B B to pass freely between them; but from apoint about midway between their ends the distance between them islessened for the remainder of their length, so that the knives C areforced together as they pass between them. L represents a hanging loop,consisting of a wire rod bent midway of its length and having its endsinserted in sockets in the upper part of the frame-work so that the loopis suspended between the bars J J at the narrowest portion. K is aninclined board or trough, which serves to conduct the ears of corn to abasket or' other receptacle placed under it.

The operation is as follows: An ear of corn is placed in the ear-holderA with its stem or butt end downward. As the crank is turned the shaft Drevolves, bringing the knives C upward. Just before reaching theear-holder the ends of the arms carrying the knives are opened by theaction oftwo inclined bars, l l, at the rear end of the frame-work,which press the opposite' ends of the arms towards each i other. Theknives remain openuntil they reach a point in their orbit opposite thestem end of the husk, when they suddenly close together, grasping theear at the butt end point where theyf are separated, the husks aredropped and the knives are ready to receive another ear.

What I claim as new, and desire tolsecure l. The double-bladed knives CC, arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

2. The semicircular bars J J, in combination with the arms B B carryingthe knives` C G, substantially as shown and described, and for thepurpose specified. 1

3. The bars L l for compressing the rear ends of the pivoted bars B B,and separating; In testimony that I claim the above, I the knives C C,substantially as shown and have hereunto subscribed my name in thedescribed. presence of two Witnesses.

4. The loop L for releasing the ear from the knives, arrangedsubstantially as shown and described.

5. The stripping-knife k, on the board K, arranged substantially asshown and described, and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES A'. LANG.

Witnesses:

NoRRrs KEENE, JACOB BERRY.

